Man whose blood plasma donations helped to save 2.4m babies dies at 88

James Harrison giving blood at donation centre in Sydney (Australian Red Cross Lifeblood via AP)

An Australian man credited with saving 2.4 million babies through his record-breaking blood plasma donations over six decades has died at 88, his family said.

James Harrison, a retired state railway department clerk, died in a nursing home on the central coast of New South Wales state on February 17, according to his grandson, Jarrod Mellowship.